Derbhle Crotty
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The Cherry Orchard: Druid’s Hiberno-Russian cocktail spills over
- Stage
- February 27, 2020, 12:26
THE CHERRY ORCHARD Black Box Theatre, Galway ★★★☆☆ Tom Murphy’s adaption of The Cherry Orchard has everything that a decent Irish play should have: d(...)

Druid, Chekhov and the politics of power
- Stage
- February 15, 2020, 05:00
Power comes in many forms. There is physical power, inherited power, seized power. There is the extraordinary and frequently unexpected power of stron(...)

Thought-provoking theatre where the audience is just you
- Stage
- June 25, 2019, 05:00
THEATRE FOR ONE Outside Cork Opera House ★★★★★ Annie Ryan of Corn Exchange once described her Car Show, which played to no more than three passengers(...)

Cork Midsummer Festival 2019: Daring work and delicious food
- Culture
- June 19, 2019, 15:00
It’s dim, dressingroom lights surround the frame, and the aesthetic is theatrical red velvet. I’m alone in the single seat, hands on armrests. A scree(...)

Abbey Theatre uproar: 300 actors and directors complain to Minister
- Stage
- January 7, 2019, 16:16
More than 300 actors, directors, designers, agents and playwrights have complained to the Minister for Culture about the Abbey Theatre’s recently adop(...)

The Mai review: Passionate performances in an unfocused production
- Stage
- September 28, 2018, 09:25
THE MAI Civic Theatre, Tallaght ★ ★ ★ Marina Carr’s first full-length play is perhaps her most conventional. Carr’s work frequently blurs the boundar(...)

Edinburgh festivals: awards and acclaim – and exhaustion – for Irish performers
- Stage
- August 28, 2018, 10:55
Irish productions have won awards and excellent reviews at the month-long Edinburgh International Festival and Edinburgh Festival Fringe, which have j(...)

President pays tribute to ‘courageous being’ Tom Murphy
- Stage
- May 19, 2018, 18:41
Playwright Tom Murphy was a “great vulnerable courageous being” and a “genius that we have lost”, President Michael D Higgins has said. Addressing a (...)

The Approach review: An intricate puzzle of a play
- Theatre
- February 7, 2018, 03:00
People are puzzling in Mark O’Rowe’s new play for Landmark Productions, a conversation piece that begins, appropriately, with a subtle linguistic tric(...)

The best theatre shows this week
- Stage
- January 27, 2018, 06:00
Look Back in Anger Gate Theatre, Dublin. Previews Feb 1-6 Opens Feb 7-Mar 24 7.30pm (Sat mat 2.30pm) gatetheatre.ie So what happens when the world tur(...)